Imperium In Imperio: A Study Of The Negro Race (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781617430268)

Sutton Elbert Griggs (June 19, 1872 - January 2, 1933) is best known for his novel Imperium in Imperio, a utopian work that imagines that within the United States there is a separate African American state. This work centers on the disclosure of an African American "empire within an empire," a shadow government complete with a Congress based in Waco, Texas. The two main characters are childhood friends separated by wealth, education, skin tone, and political outlook; one is a militant and one an integrationist. The light-skinned and more militant Bernard Belgrave has been hand-picked to serve as president and advocates a takeover of the Texas state government, while the dark-skinned, college-educated Belton Piedmont argues for assimilation and cooperation. Bernard has Belton executed as a traitor, leaving the potentially violent and unstable Bernard in control of the Imperium as the novel ends.

Author: Sutton E. Griggs
ISBN-10: 1617430269
ISBN-13: 9781617430268
Publisher: Greenbook Publications, LLC
Language: English
Published: 07/17/2010
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.27d